KUALA LUMPUR — ASEAN leaders will break new ground at their two-day summit in Kuala Lumpur that starts on Monday when they hold a trilateral meeting with China and the Gulf Cooperation Council, marking a new phase in the bloc’s diplomacy in the face of escalating U.S. protectionism.
“There’s no issue of a power triangle here. I want to use this as an opportunity to get people to build a consensus [and] work together,” Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, this year’s chair, said during a pre-summit briefing on Wednesday.
